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The Gerard Galland Reunion Tour has had several notable stops already this season as the Florida Panthers coach revisits landmarks from his past. The next one has everything to do with why Gallant is in his present spot leading the improving Panthers in playoff pursuit. He spent only two seasons as an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens, but it was the fulcrum needed for a second chance as a head job. "When you're an assistant coach there in a top market you get some good exposure. Working with [coach] Michel Therrien and the staff, going on a good playoff run — that really helped me. I owe a lot to the organization," said Gallant, whose Panthers come into...

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The Gerard Galland Reunion Tour has had several notable stops already this season as the Florida Panthers coach revisits landmarks from his past.The next one has everything to do with why Gallant is in his present spot leading the improving Panthers in...

Call it a sibling rivalry, but the not-so-mighty Ducks seem to bring out the best in the Panthers this season.
Led by the dazzling playmaking of Jonathan Huberdeau, the Panthers put on a rare display of offensive wizardry en route to convincing 6-2...

The Panthers may be in ninth place of the Eastern Conference, but they certainly haven't been pushed around by the league's elite.
In the past three games alone the Panthers have knocked off the resurgent Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders and the...

The Panthers will announce the hiring of former Philadelphia Flyers president Peter Luukko on Friday, according to a source close to the team.
Luukko, 55, resigned 14 months ago. In his role as executive chairman of the Panthers, Luukko is expected to...

Bill Torrey, the architect of the Islanders' four straight Stanley Cup titles in the early 1980s, received a standing ovation from their grateful fans Tuesday when he and his ever-present bow tie were shown on the scoreboard screen.
Torrey, 80, who has...

Jimmy Hayes didn't get the best of his kid brother, Kevin, in Madison Square Garden, but he certainly took care of the Islanders on Tuesday as the Panthers bid adieu to Nassau Coliseum with a desperately needed 4-2 victory.Hayes scored two goals,...

The Panthers were playing as if their playoff lives were on the line.That's because it was. Time of death: 8:10 of the third period. Cause: accidental, but self-inflicted.Despite a rare fast start and a furious rally, the Panthers were done in when Dan...

To paraphrase an old Paul Simon song, the Panthers playoff hopes seem to be "Slip, Slidin' Away,'' unless they relocate the form that had NHL pundits label them as one of the surprises of the first half.
On New Year's Eve the Panthers were run off...

The Panthers faced a different Devils' squad than the one that spoiled their home opener with a 5-1 loss back in October.Former Panthers coach Peter DeBoer was canned last month and replaced by a triumvirate of General Manager Lou Lamoriello, former...

For the two Panthers representatives, goalie Roberto Luongo and rookie defenseman Aaron Ekblad, Sunday's 60th NHL All-Star Game will be a lifelong memory to treasure.
But at the same time, two of the Panthers' main reasons for their vastly improved...

Panthers rookie blue-liner Aaron Ekblad grew up in Windsor, Ontario, about an icing call away from Joe Louis Arena, where he would study Detroit Red Wings 11-time All-Star defenseman Niklas Lidstrom.
At 13, Ekblad had dinner with his father and legendary...

— If the Panthers can finish off their most productive road trip in history with a fourth straight victory over the Jets, they might not need a jet to fly home to South Florida on Wednesday.Before Tuesday's game against the much-improved 21-14-9...

Panthers sidelined enforcer Shawn Thornton is known for his trademark momentum-shifting hits or fights, but Sean Bergenheim?Yet there was Bergenheim practically lifting Penguins rookie Bobby Farnham off his feet and into a dazed heap on the ice with about...

— Whether the fans are rooting for their opponents or not, the Panthers are suddenly enjoying a home-ice advantage in the BB&T Center.
Despite averaging an NHL-low 9,987 fans through 15 home dates, the Panthers entered Tuesday's game against the...

— On paper, the Panthers should have one of the best shootout teams in the NHL. On the ice, they've been one of the worst.
Before the season began, General Manager Dale Tallon, a longtime proponent for 3-on-3 overtimes to help do away with shootouts or...

Panthers rookie defenseman Aaron Ekblad wasn't born when newly signed Blues goalie Martin Brodeur was a rookie for the New Jersey Devils in 1991.
So when Brodeur was no longer wanted by the Devils this summer, Ekblad never thought he'd get the chance...

On a night the fans acknowledged original Panthers president Bill Torrey when he was shown on the overhead scoreboard, it seemed fitting that the resurgent Islanders on the ice resembled the teams he built into a Stanley Cup dynasty in the 1980s.
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Even in recent years when the Panthers were finishing on or near the bottom of the NHL standings they generally played even the most elite teams tough, often losing by one goal.
Except for the Boston Bruins, who have treated their matchups with the...

It won't be as emotional of a homecoming as it was when Panthers forward Shawn Thornton returned to the TD Garden recently after playing seven seasons for the Bruins, including their Stanley Cup title run in 2011.But when Thornton steps on the ice at...